כְּבָר
kᵉbâr · keb-awr'
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3527 (כָּבַר);
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
- properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while
- hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: already, (seeing that which), now.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּבָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it hath been already1 · 11%
- even that which hath been already1 · 11%
- seeing that which now1 · 11%
- that which hath been is now1 · 11%
- and that which is to be hath already1 · 11%
- which are already1 · 11%
- already1 · 11%
- is now1 · 11%
- now1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.